The promise of a fresh start and great pay draws thousands of people, including many women, to become truck drivers, but “fundamental flaws in the driver recruiting and training process are putting female truckers, and all drivers on major highways, at risk,” according to a new group, REAL Women in Trucking Inc. . An RWIT news release says some prospective women drivers have found the driver training process “to be a harrowing experience, as they received little training, even driving tractor-trailers without proper instruction.
